 The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes...  Time's Telescope - Page 1591824Full view - About this book
 | John O'Connell - Great Britain - 1849 - 404 pages
...— When, hush ! hark ! — a deep sound strikes, like a rising knell ! Did they not hear it t — no, 'twas but the wind, Or the car, rattling o'er the stony street. Oil with the speech — let spite be unconfin'd, No stay, nor stop, when Orange spouters meet In Popish... | |
 | Education - 1849 - 540 pages
...! a deep sound strikes like a rising-knell. Did ye not hear it ? Not 'twas but the wind Or the ear rattling o'er the stony street ; On with the dance/ let joy be imconfined — No sleep tül morn, when yonth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing honrs, with flying... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. Did...rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance I let joy be unconfineil ; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours... | |
 | Women's periodicals, English - 1865 - 376 pages
...bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a ruing knell. Did ye not hear it } Jfo ; 'twas bat the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street...till morn, when youth and pleasure meet To chase the plowing hours with flying feet — But hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...marriage bell — But hush ! hark 1 A deep sound strikes like a rising knell 1 Did ye not hear it P — No : 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ! On with the dance ! let joy be unconfin'd ! No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; (1) But hush ! hark ! — a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it? — No, — 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street, (h) On with the dance ! let joy... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1851 - 392 pages
...knell." [Earnest, agitated inquiry] : — "Did you not hear it!" [Careless and contemptuous answer] : — "No! 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street." 3. [Excessive impatience] : — "Must I endure all this?" [Derisive and scornful repetition] : —... | |
 | John Dover Wilson - English literature - 1927 - 310 pages
...Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but the wind, 10 Or the car raitling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - English language - 1928 - 570 pages
...bough! GEORGE P. MORRIS. Yet think not that I come to urge thy crimes. TEN., 0 u I n., 529. Compare: Did ye not hear it? — No: 'twas but the wind, | Or the car rattling o'er the stony street. BYRON, C h. H a r., Ill, XXII. 70. a) In Early Modern English the use of weak do did not follow the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1817 - 862 pages
...look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! u deep sound strikes like a rising knell '. Did ye not...joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when youth und pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet — But hark ! — that heavy sound breaks... | |
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